Miss Nebraska is new Miss America

A 17-year-old aspiring politician from Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, captured the Miss America crown tonight after beating 52 other young women from across the United States.

NFL Playoffs: Packers, Steelers advance to title games

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger hit rookie Antonio Brown on a 58-yard pass play on third-and-19, and Rashard Mendenhall scored from the 2 with 1:33 remaining to give the Pittsburgh Steelers a 31-24 comeback victory over the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC divisional playoff game today.

Man dies, woman injured in shooting at apartment complex

A man died from multiple gunshot wounds and a woman was wounded Saturday at a Las Vegas apartment complex after a confrontation with several men who got out of a compact car, exchanged words with the victims and then opened fire, Las Vegas police said.

UNLV rallies to beat Air Force, 64-52

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Oscar Bellfield and Justin Hawkins each made a 3-pointer during a late run as UNLV rallied from a second-half deficit to defeat Air Force at Clune Arena.

Corrections

Valley office market remains weak in quarter

The exodus from Las Vegas office space continued in the fourth quarter as vacancy rose to 23.7 percent and net absorption fell to negative 174,333 square feet, commercial real estate brokerage Colliers International reported.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

BETWEEN THE LINES

Three reasons to like the RAVENS-STEELERS UNDER (37)

Worn-out Wranglers stumble

On the road since their Dec. 27 midnight game, a tired Wranglers team returned to Las Vegas early Friday facing a stretch of seven games in 10 days.

In Brief

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Defendants in federal sting sentenced to prison

The key defendant convicted in a federal sting in which the conspirators planned a violent robbery of a non-existent cocaine stash house was sentenced Friday to more than 17 years in prison.

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